The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

IK WWdMJfa<miiC~' CHAPTER I. OLIVE AND MICHAEL. LIB old church of Eastmcon, in H am ps h ir e , s tand s c lo s e under a h i g h green hill that rises far above its spire,' The village lies in a valley, a place little kuown to1 tourists, shut in •from the march of the times by its soft, enfold­ ing downs. It is a district of babbling1 waters, and fresh winds that cothc. blowing freely across the far-reaching slopes; a vale of pleasant lights and faint.,shadows, full of sweetness and restful cairn. There arc still some people living here who have only seen the sea from their hill-tops, and have never traveled' by railway in their lives. Tire Meon, a a busy little rivulet, goes running briskly ull about the village, winding hero and hiding there, reappearing in: the most unexpected spots, and mixing itself up in ail the affairs of the place. It turns thirteen mills, and meddles with tire concerns of a good many other villages before it pours its restless tide into the Solent at last . The month was April, and the time •four o’clock on a Sunday afternoon. A young man and a girl were standing side by side, leaning against a gate which opened into a .wide field, lie-1 yond the field rose a softly-rounded hill, half grass and half woodland; and over all there was a delicious rainy blue of the spring sky. The pair stood eloso together with their hands clasped; it- YOUNG SIAN AND A CURL WERE STAND­ ING SIDE BY SIDE. site man was talking, and the girl was watching him while he talked, and drinking in every word with eager de- light. She was a lovely girl, and her loveli­ ness was of that rare kind which can flourish in any atmosphere without losing its natural refinement. Hers was an oval face with delicately-chis­ eled features, and a month with soft red lips exquisitely cut, lip3 that were at once passionate and proud, but al­ ways tender. Her skin had that warm undertone of clear brown which gives a fuller richness to any bounty. But, perhaps, it was inthe large limpidbrown eyes that the. chief charm was found; and there was something so true and trustful in their gaze that most men would have forgotten to talk and looked deep into theirbrown depths. Nothing, however, had ever been known to stay the tide of Michael Chase's eloquence when lie had once begun to hold forth on his favorite theme—his own plans and his admirable self. Hewas OliveWinfield's acknowledged lover, and she was proud of him. Not only did she love him as truly as ever woman loved man; but She looked up­ on him as the cliiefest among ten thou­ sand men. lie had toiled night and day to acquire knowledge, and when it was won he hadturned it to a good ac­ count. He had not studied for the mere love of study: he was no dreamer, delighting to tarry in a quiet world of books and thoughts. To him learning! was a stepping stone, and already it had raised him to the post of corre­ sponding clerk in Battersby*s office. And Batteraby’s firm was a good firm and ranked high even in London. But his brains would have done little for him if .they hid not been backed np by his unconquerable pluck and determi­ nation. Ho bad said all this a hundred times in ids letters, and he was sayingit again to-day. The pair had only one more hour to spend together, and he was fill­ ing every precious minute with talk about himself. But a woman will cheerfully tolerate any amount of* ego­ tism in the man she loves; and Olivo drank in every word, In front of them fair the calm field and the hills: soft lights were 'shining on the green and finding out the hollows where the primrose stars had opened; birds were singing, and a fresh yet gentle breeze was blowing into their faecB as they stood ■ leaning against the gate. Yet Michael, absorbed in himself, was un­ conscious of all this sweetness. At last he paused for want1of'breath, and then Olive seized the opportunity to ask a question. . “Michael,1dear, how is Aaron Fcn- lalcc? You have' not said one word about liiin.'5! Her lover's brow darkened,; and be answered rather curtly: “If there had been anj'tliing to tell about liim.'tffivc, I should .have1.tedd it. 'lftitthere is nothing. . AndT didn’t care to waste,.our valuable time in talking of Aaron.” “I wanted to .hear about him for Jane’s sake,” she said meekly. “Mo, not for Jiuio’s sake,” she added'sudden­ ly, in a firmer voice. “ I always liked him, Michael; and w h e n 1 remember what ho has done for you, I am very grateful." “How you exaggerate trifles!” he cried, irritably. “Let me put the case clearly before you, and then, perhaps, yon will see it in the right light. Aaron Fenlake is one of .the foremen in Bat- torsby’s works. lie knows that a cleric is wanted who can ’write fluently in several languages, and he tells me of the vacancy. I apply, and soon con­ vince the firm that I am fit for the post.' Surely, I may be . pardoned- if I don’t go stuggering under a heavy load of gratitude to the end of my days. Ho you suppose that Aaron’s good word would have .got me into the 1office, if I had not been the man that I am?” "Oh,11 know that you can do any­ thing, Michael,’’ said her earnest lips, and eyes. “But poor Aaron is devoted to you, and he is such a good fellow.” • "Well. Olive, we can’t discuss his ex­ cellence now,” replied iMiohaol, stand­ ing upright. “It’s nearly time forme tp start, and yon are going to give mo a cup of tea first,” “Well, Mrs. Hooper will give you the cupof tea, “she said, keeping back a sigh. “You will like her tea better than ours. She is very good to me, and I want you to see my friend, Lucy Cromer." “Lucy Cromer? Oh; ah, yes, that’s the niece who has come to live with her,” he answered as they moved away from the gate. On the other side of the quiet road there were two cottages sheltered under one broad tool of thatch. Their wails were covered with moss and weather-stains, and Fie little dia- mond-paned casements were set in wreaths of creepers. And, although there was as yet no wealth of foliage to dress up the lowly dwellings with summer beauty, they had the pictur­ esque Charm that.belongs especially to places rustic and decayed. , There was a largo piece of ground, half flower-garden and half kitchen- garden, in front of the two cottages; and the only division betweeu the gar­ dens was a row of flints showing out white against the dark mold. At one of the doors stood a young woman, with a fresh, modest face, who held out her hand timidly as Michael ap­ proached. He greeted her with an air of friendly patronage, • “How do you do, Jane? Glad to see you looking so well,” ho said, and then stalked in through the other doorway. The room which he entered, followed by Olive, was very low, with a heavy beam across the ceiling, A fire was burning brightly In the prim old-fash­ ioned little iron cage, and between the fire and the window stood a small sofa coveted with faded chintz, Propped up with cushions, another young woman was sitting in the corner of the sofa; and she, too, extended her baud to Michael, but her manner was not timid as Jane’s had been. “I am glad to see you, Mr. Chase; I have heard a great deal about you,” she Baid in1a faint, sweet voice, Something in the look and air of the speaker surprised Michael so much that ho lost his usual self-assurance. lie stood awkwardly before Lucy Cromer for a moment, and then sat down meekly in a chair near her couch. How was it possible that this woman could be the niece of plain Mrs. Hooper, who had lived in Eastmeon all her days? In her letters Olivo had told him that her friend was pretty, and he had expected to Bee a commonplace little person, pos­ sessed of ordinary good looks. But no commonplace girl was here. Lucy Cromer was a long, slender woman, with the kind of figure that sways and bendswith a reed-like grace. Her face was long, too; she had large gray eyes that were now preternatu- rally bright, a delicate aquiline nose, and fair hairwhich surroundedbar head with a golden halo,' A dark-blm, wrap­ per, of Borne soft material, Bet off the exceeding fairness of her complexion; and, simple as the robe was, it was made in a style thMt la seldom seen In villages or country towns. Your first glance at Lucy sufficed to tell you her days were numbered; your second com vinecd you that she was waiting eagerly, perhaps impatiently, for the end. There are souls in whom God accom­ plishes Ilis wtvk quite, alone. Neigh­ bors catne sometimes; but Lucy eared little for visits, and the simple country folk were afraid of her. The clergy­ man called, and was baffled by her gen­ tle indifference and her curious unfit- for her humble position. What ness- was her'history?1Even her aunt seemed to know very little about Lucy’s ljife. The girl had gone to be maid to an old' lady, who had talcen a fancy to her and raised her to .the post of companion. And then came- a quarrel and changes; Lucy had left her situation and had found work in a florist's sliop’in Begent street. There she lmd displayed great skill in arranging bouquets and fash­ ioning wreaths^ and sprays; and had kept this place until her health failed. This was nil .that Mrq, Hooper had to tell about her niece. She was a lonely woman, and Lucy was the only relative j left to her, She had given the girl a ! warm welcome and did her utmost to ! nurse her hack to strength; but uo power on earth could strfy the progress of the disease. Lucy bad not come penniless to her aunt’s cottage; slic was not a burden. She-repaid Mrs. Hooper’s kindness with gratitude and affection, and yet-the good woman al­ ways felt that there was a. notorious barrier between them. Like the neigh­ bors. she was a little afraid of Lucy. . There was only one person who had ever stepped over the wall of reserve that Lucy Cromer had built up around her.- Olivo Winfield was her sole friend. It was to. her that Olive had first con­ fided the delightful news that Michael Chase was coming to spend a Sunday in the village; coming down from Lon­ don on purpose to see his betrothed. in the little room, and the evening light, shi.uing through the small panes imbedded in lead-work, rested soft­ ly on Lucy's worn features and Olive’s nut-brown head. The day was ending in golden calm; out-of-doors the patches of velvet moss still held the rain-drops,, and the red blossoms of the flowering currant sparkled with mois­ ture;' but the wind had died away, and there was a great peace. Lucy looked down with one of her faint smiles, and laid her thin hand on her -friend's shoulder. “I think he is a most fortunate man,” she 1said. But this .answer did not please Olive at all. “Oh, Lucy,” she began in a disap­ pointed tone—“is that all you have to s a y ?W h y , everyone else seems to think that the good fortune is on my side.” , - . “Do they?” Lucy’s delicate lip curled slightly. - “That is because they have not seen, many men. I wish I could teach you to set a higher value on yolirseif, little one.” There was a look of trouble in .the clear brown eyes, and then came a pause and a sigh. “I don’t think much about, myself," Olive said, at last. “Why should I? It is much more intcresing to think about him. “The Old story;” sighed Lucy, gazing fixedly into space. “But listen,” . cried..Olive, • deeply m earnest. “You can hardly realize what a grand noble fellow he is. Yon don’t belong, to Eastmcon, Lucy, and you have not watched his career as we have. Even if I did' not.love him I could not fail to adinirehira. Only think, he was the sou of a drunken blacksmith, and lie rose by dint of sheer determination. Our old1vicar took .him in hand and helped him, and lent him books. Then he went to be a clerk at Petcrsiield, and and there he became acquainted with a German who taught-him his language OF GENERAL INTEREST. When Lucy pleased she could very j i-Yenchhe hadlearned already fromMad- soon set people at their case. In a few minutes Michael was answering al-1 her questions, and feeling flattered by the interest which she displayed in his affai. While she was drawing him on to talk about himself (no difficult .task), he was admiring her more and more, ■and thinking how she might have helped a man to rise in the world. With that quiet self-possession and natural grace, what an admirable wife she could have bccnl He was glad that Olive-had found such a,companion:.and Lucy's affection for Olive was evidently UK STOOD AWKWARDLY CROMER. BEFORE LUCY teal and earnest. When Mrs. Hooper came in arid busied herself at the tea- table, she did not disturb the harmony of the hour* .She was a woman of few words, and although Michael was an Eastmcon boy and she had known him from babyhood, she did not harass him with those recollections of old days which he so much disliked. On the whole it was a happy tea- drinking, and Michael was in high good humor when he rose to go. Olive went with him a little way. lie had to walk five miles to I’clersflcld railway station; but the evening was fresh and sweet, and every hit of the old road was well known to him. The lovers stood still in the pleasant lane between the. budding hedges and said good-by. He looked down into the strong brown light of her eyes, and felt that lie loved "her better than any girl he had ever seen In his life; and he was contented with- her firm belief in him. The wind stirred a few curly brown locks that had escaped from their pins and he smoothed them with a tender hand. She was so lovely and fresh and trustful that he would have given anything, just then, to have car­ ried her back to London to brighten his hard-working life there. “Good-by, dearest Olive,” lie said. " I wish there could be nomore parting. But you know I am working for you. Good-by, darling, once more.” ■This was one of those moments which live on through a life-time. Olivo feasted on that farewell for many a day afterwards. For a few seconds she stood where he had left her, and then turned homewards, half happy and half sad. Some birds were flying across tlie sky; there was a faint tinkle of sheep-bells from the downs, and the peace of the Sabbath evening seemed to soothe and still her heart. emoiselle, who lived at the vicarage; in­ deed, there is scarcely anything too hard for. him;-and then came a letter from Aaron Fenlake, who Is a foreman in Battersb.y’s work's in London. He told Michael that Battersby wanted a corresponding clerk, and advised liiin to, try for the post. And he did try and got it.” ' • . ’j “Who is Aaron .Fenlake?” Lucy asked, . -.“Have.I-not told, you about Aaron?” said Olive, whose eyes and cheeks were bright .with excitement. “He is the son of old Fynlake 'at the inn. A quiet,, slow fellow, but as good as gold and as true as steel, and devoted to Michael. Those two .were always friends when they'wore little boys." "And they are friends still?” Lucy put tlie question in a languid voice, but tiiere was something in Olive's answer that aroused her atten­ tion. "Yes,” the girl said, faintly,' and with a deepening flush. “Oh! yes, they are friends still.” Lucy watched her- and saw the signs of inward tumult in those delicately cut features. She understood that Olive was determined to defend her lover at any cost, even the -cost of her own .convictions. She was just as cer­ tain that Michael had given his friend the cold shoulder as if it lmd been plain­ ly avowed, and sho knew that Olive could not think of his conduct to Aaron without pain. “Ah! I remember that you said some­ thing about this Aarop and Jane Chat* lock,” she remarked, after a pause, "Aaron is in love with Jane,” Olive answered; "but ho is too shy to ask her to wait for him. I wish he would speak out for Jane’s sake.” |TO BE CONTINUED.] CHAPTER II. “no YOU LOVE HIM, BKaJtkMM I DO.” "What do you think of him?” said Olive, looking up at Lucy Cromer, with a bright eager face. The older giri was lying on the couch, and the younger sat on a stobl by her side. They were alone together T h o .r*M fn ff o f tho IJu/THlo. Twenty years ago ten million buf­ faloes roamed about the western prai­ ries. Now not ono is to bo found, save in menageries and “preserves.” There are two hundred and fifty in the Yel­ lowstone national park. A wealthy private land owner in Oklahoma has a herd of about seventy-five. The next largest collection is in the Zoological garden of Philadelphia, and numbers sixteen. Aside from these there are, perhaps, a dozen scattered over the land. The Cincinnati zoological gar­ den lias two. The effort has been mode with these few remnants to pre­ serve the species to America, but it is in peril of failure through the strange fact that all, or nearly all, the births are males Last week in the Philadel­ phia garden two female calves were born, but both weak* and sickly. In the Yellowstone there has not been a female calf for five years, It looks as if the buffalo must g a—-Cincinnati En­ quirer. Thi Weight o f a Dollar BUI. In the treasury here one day this week the question came up as to the weight of a dollar bill. Scales of per­ fect accuracy were brought into requis­ ition and the surprising discovery was made that twenty-seven onc-dollar notes weighed exactly as much as a twonty-dollar gold piece. The latter just oalancca five hundred and forty grains. However, the bills weighed were perfectly crisp and new. Trial made with soiled notes, such as come in every day for redemption, showed that twenty-seven of them weighed considerably more than the twenty* dollar coin. Every paper dollar on its way through the world continually ac­ cumulatesArt, perspiration and grease, so that after a year of uso It is percept­ ibly hearieK—Washington Lett —The first book issued by the Insti­ tution for savings in Newburyport, Mass., on the first day the bank ivas opened, April 5, 1*520, was received at the banking rooms recently to have the interest added. The original deposit S20 and metre deposits were made. The interest to date amounted to $S'.IH.-—N. Y. Sun. —A captain in'the Jtaliannav'v has discovered important mines of coal of an excellent quality in the straits of Magellan. The importance of that discovery will be appreciated .when we learn that all the navies ivhich pass the strait renew their supplies -of coal there, and that, up to the present time, that coal was brought from Cardiff, Wales. —The last few relies of the Maine- mining craze are disappearing and soon - nothing will remain -bnt the many holes in the ground which disfigure the country-side and serve a s pitfalls for unwary cattle and sheep. The ma- c nil lory of the Douglass, .Bluenill and Stewart mines at Bliiehill, Hancock county, has been sold to a Boston firm and is now being shipped as old iron. V-shaped contrivances, to be placed IE tl on the front of engines of fasAexprcss- trains,- are ’the latest schenro to get Absent Minded. Patient—‘Doctor, there seems to be something wrong with this prescrip­ tion. Physician—Ah, yes, I see. I have made a slight mistake. Pro mads out the bill instead of the order for medh okio.—Pharmaceutical Sins. m t more speed by overcoming much of the natural, resistance of tlie air to the front of the locomotive, says the En­ glish Mechanic. The plow extends from a few inches1-.above the track to the top of tlie smokestack, the sharp edge, of course, in front. “Shoveling fog” is a eoi'nmon expression among railroad men, but plowing wind is ,a now thing in-railroad agriculture. —The companies of tlie railways which terminate in Chicago are con­ sidering the question of applying the system of fixing rates by . zones. Chi­ cago will be the center of six concen­ tric circles, the first of which will have a radius of SO kilometers, the second 100, and Tlie following ones with radii increasing by 100 kilometers from one circle to another. Every traveler go­ ing at least 80 kilometers will have a reduction of 110 per cent.,- which wilt increase with successive zones until it readies 50 per cent. —Aparty, of hunters in Coloradokilled Three mountain lions recently in anew, improved, and comparatively safe way. Their dogs drove the lions under a ledge- of rock and kept them there while the hunters dug down into the ' cave from above. When they had nn opening to Where the lions were a rifle was pushed through. The muzzie was1 gripped savagely in the jaivs of one of the lions and thb gun was discharged • The other two lions grabbed the rifle in turn as it was withdrawn an.d poked in again, and each was killed by. bul- '- lets through tho head. . —The general courtof Massachusetts, on one occasion in the history of the . early colonics, required the proper ofB- ccrs-to notice the “apparel” of the people, especially their “ribands and - great boots.” Drinking of healths, wearing funeral badges and many other things that seemed proper were forbidden. At Hartford, Ct., tho gene­ ral court kept an eye upon the morals and habits of the people. Th e1use of tobacco was prohibited .to persons under 20 years of age without the cer­ tificate of a physician, and no others were allowed to lise it more than once a day, and then tUev must bo 10 miles from any house. The people were ail obliged to rise in tlie morningwlien the Hartford watchman rang his boll. . —There are 1,100 steamers travers­ ing tho four great ocean routes.*•The first is that across tlie Atlantic, an­ other by Suez to Indio, China and Aus­ tralia. To go around the world that way takes eighty or ninety days and covers. 2tJ,000 miles. The passage money is 31,000, and the traveler who wishes to go ifi comfort ond ease should take another SI,000 with him. Another sea route described is that by which you start from San Francisco and Sail around tho American continent to New’ York. The journey is 10,.'500 miles long; it takes 100 days to cover it and tho fare is abont the same as that around the world.’ To go around the Cape of Good Hope to Australia and . back around Cape (lorn is about 25,000 miles and can be covered in eighty-one days. The cost is only 9750. —“The malting of sleigh bells is quite an art,” says an iron founder. “Tho little iron ball is too big to be pnt in through the holes in the belt, and yet it is inside. How did it get there? The little iron ball is called the ‘jingleb’ When you shake the sleigh bell it jingles. In making the hell *tho jinglct is put inside a little ball of mud, just the shape of the in­ side of the bell. Then a mold is made just the shape of the outside of the bell. This mud ball, with ‘the jinglet' inside, is placed in the mold of the out­ side and the metal is poured in, which fills np the space between the ball and the mold. When the mold is taken off you see a sleigh bell, but it will not ring, as it is fall of dirt. The hoi metal1 that the bell is made of dries the dirt so that it can be shaken out. After the dirt is ail shaken out of the little holes in the bell the little iron ‘jinglet’ will still be in the bell and will ring. It took a good many.ycars to think out how to make a sleigh bell," bi HOUSEH ba ^■Twelve Ct: ce >» cup of sugar, spoonfuls melt' “ . ly; then add <• •Ull flour with two ■»8 powder; flavor * cup of r*urrii« n ofi raisins. —New Use 1 nil sure, and cert, to be found in i 4 bread soaked vhi should be appi ufli In the moriii *sc gone, and tin* mi Obstinate cor i more applicat: -ti —Stewed Cl ■ g put them in tii closely; set tin sfj soon as they b pili out of the she. i , pint of clams :i u< one ounce of , •Soil oayene pepor them -stew te *Ol they are • to he JO1 cream. • —Before eeh . ‘till is a good nlan' Iat ■and trinuninp a oven when tin vs thoroughly. >WI rub everyth ir iie; sieve and use . * i of economy Frenchman," u . ilO! regulated kitr put to somo ir‘. nil er is careful. mi —Hickory .N ■*g*i of butter and ap-| to a cream, t. 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